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jQuery Archive List Widget

Description

This plugin provides a widget and a filter to display a collapsible archive list in your sidebar or posts using the jQuery JS library.

Features

Display a collapsed list of your archives to reduce space.

Uses jQuery to add effects and to be compatible with most browsers.

Select your expand/collapse symbol and date format.

Support for archive filters.

Auto expands current/select year from posts.

Select the categories to exclude

Multiple instances support.

Shortcode support [jQueryArchiveList]

Generates valid HTML5 code.

Supports multiple languages.

Compatible with most JS caché and minify plugins.

And more to come…

Configuration

Title: title of the widget.

Trigger Symbol: characters to be displayed as bullet.

Effect: jQuery’s effect to use.

Expand: when to expand the content of the list.

Month Format: month’s display format of the month.

Show number of posts: display how many post are published in the year or in the month.

Show posts under months: show post’s title under months.

Only expand/reduce by clicking the symbol: select if animations start when click the link or just the bullet.

Exclude categories: Select the categories to exclude.

Post type: Lets you choose the custom types besides posts.

Screenshots

Here you can see a list of the archives, archives for each month are hidden under years.

Here you can see a list of archives and its month archives expanded.

Installation

Make a directory jquery-archive-list-widget under /wp-content/plugins/

Upload all downloaded files to /wp-content/plugins/jquery-archive-list-widget/

Activate plugin at the plugins section.

Go to Presentation -> Widgets and drag the jQuery Archive List to your sidebar and configure it, if you want to display it inside a post then write [jQueryArchiveList] at the location where it will be shown and save it.

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Make a directory jquery-archive-list-widget under /wp-content/plugins/

Upload all downloaded files to /wp-content/plugins/jquery-archive-list-widget/

Activate plugin at the plugins section.

Go to Presentation -> Widgets and drag the jQuery Archive List to your sidebar and configure it, if you want to display it inside a post then write [jQueryArchiveList] at the location where it will be shown and save it.

Why this plugin is not working?

By support experience, like 99% of problems are due to:

There’s a Javascript error caused by other plugin and it stops any further code execution, check your browser’s logs to find the problem and deactivate the conflict plugin.

Your template doesn’t have a wp_footer() function, this plugin requires this function to load JS code at the end of the website to improve speed.

You’re using a plugin that removes WordPress’ jQuery version and inserts an old one.

I’m using custom permalinks, How can I change the links?

Currently there’s no function in WP API for getting link for date archives when using custom permalinks. So, you’ll need to modify/hack the source code to support your custom link structure, you can do this by changing the lines where I call get_month_link and get_year_link.

How I can send you a translation?

Send me the translated .mo file to migueluseche(a)skatox.com and indicate the language, I can read english or spanish, so please write me on these languages.

Can I use images as bullets or trigger symbols?

Yes, select ‘Empty Space’ as trigger symbol and Save, then you can add any custom background using CSS,
just play with the widget’s classes: .jaw_symbol, .jaw_years, .jaw_months.

Can I show this list inside posts?

Yes, only write [jQueryArchiveList] anywhere inside a post or page’s contest and it will be replaced for
the archive list when rendering the content. You can add the following parameters to change its behavior:

showcount ( boolean ): select if you want to show the count post inside that month/year.

showpost ( boolean ): show post’s titles under months.

expand (“none”, “never”, “expand”): never expand by default, current year only and always expand.

month_format (“short”, “full”, “number”): the format of the date.

ex_sym: the expansion symbol.

con_sym: the collapse symbol.

only_sym_link: only expand/collapse when clicking the bullet.

fx_in (“”, “slideDown”, “fadeIn”): the jQuery effect to implement.

exclude: IDs (comma separated) of the categories to exclude.

type: ID of the type of the posts to show, this is if you’re using custom type posts. By default will show posts.

Will show a widget with months as numbers, show posts under months and their count, the simbols are + and – and the effect is fadeIn. You can check source code for more information.

How I contribute to this plugin?

By using it, recommending it to other users, giving it 5 starts at plugin’s wordpress page, suggesting features or coding new features and finally by DONATING using plugin’s website’s donate link.

How can i add multiples instances?

Since 2.0 you can add as many instances as you want, but there’s another way to do it, just add a new Text widget only with the shortcode [jQueryArchiveList] then it will have a new copy of the widget.

Can I have different instances with different configuration?

Since 2.0 it’s possible. Each instance has its own configuration. Shortcode widgets are controlled by shortcode attributes.

Reviews

Jquery archive list widget is great. You have keep the widget simple but effective. It does what it should. it is difficult to find archive widgets or plugins. It is even more difficult to find archive widgets and plugins that show the archives of blog posts, pages or media.

Your widget does this and so much more without making it difficult to use. It is also compatible with other widgets and plugins.

Thank you for a fantastic widget. I wish you continued success with this widget and all you do. I hope that will consider maintaining this widget and eventually releasing updates.

I like how this plugin gives many customizable options. Most of the other archive plugin/widgets I downloaded only allowed for a display by month, and when you click the month it opens up all the posts for that month. I don’t like that! I like being able to drill down by month and then by post title.